Repetitive motion jobs or hobbies, heavy lifting, and blast injuries (explosions) are all examples of

Mechanical agents

What are four life-style risk factors?

Most morbidity or mortality is caused by chronic diseases, for which it is nearly impossible for a physician to use their own experiences to recognize the

Risk factors

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The time between exposure and event

Latency

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What causes SARS?

Coronavirus

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Factors related to education, such as poor nutrition, less prenatal care, and cigarette smoking are remote causes of

Low birth weight

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It is now clear that about half of lifetime users of tobacco will die because of

Tobacco use

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Even though we have certain "common" diseases, the incidence of disease is actually

Low

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The most common cause of cancer deaths in the US and people who smoke are as much as 20 times more likely to develop t than those who do not smoke

Lung cancer

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Even still, the yearly incidence of lung cancer in people who have smoked heavily for 30 years is

2 to 3 per 1,000

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The effects of individual risk factors for chronic disease are

Small

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Just because risk factors predict disease, it does not necessarily mean that they actually cause the disease, meaning the risk factor may be

Confounded to another variable

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A risk factor that is not a cause of disease is called a

Marker

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Removing a marker may not remove the

excess risk associated with it

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People with schizophrenia have higher rates of lung cancer. Schizophrenia itself does not cause lung cancer, however, as much as 80% of population with schizophrenia smoke cigarettes. Therefore, schizophrenia could be thought of as a

Marker for lung cancer

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What percentage of deaths in asbestos workers is due to asbestos exposure?